trouvère
[ troo-vair; French troo-ver ]
/ truˈvɛər; French truˈvɛr /
noun, plural trou·vères [troo-vairz; French troo-ver] /truˈvɛərz; French truˈvɛr/.
one of a class of medieval poets who flourished in northern France during the 12th and 13th centuries, wrote in langue d'oïl, and composed chiefly the chansons de geste and works on the themes of courtly love.
Also
trouveur.
Compare
troubadour(def 1).
Words nearby trouvère
trout lily,
trout tickling,
troutperch,
trouveur,
trouville,
trouvère,
trovatore, il,
trove,
trover,
trow,
trowbridge
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British Dictionary definitions for trouvere
trouvère
trouveur (French truvœr)
/ (truːˈvɛə, French truvɛr) /
noun
any of a group of poets of N France during the 12th and 13th centuries who composed chiefly narrative works
Word Origin for trouvère
C19: from French, from Old French
troveor, from
trover to compose; related to
troubadour